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Old 07-30-2014
Please use code tags as required by forum rules!

I'm not sure I understand your problem. Setting OFS to <TAB> will certainly separate all output fields with <TAB>s. What delimiter do you want, and where?
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Old 07-30-2014
The submitter refuses to answer the homework question, so I have to assume that this is homework and the submitter is trying to get us to do the homework without following the proper procedures. Refusing to use CODE tags isn't helping either.

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